I'M REINCARNATED AND I CAN'T BE HURT
TWENTY-ONE

Count Ava was perplexed when she got the gazes from friends and other nobles. Since he was thirty-five years old, no one had insulted him like this. All had always respected himself as one of the rich nobles.

"No. i..." Count Ava did not know what to answer, then his emotions rose again when he saw the picture called the photo. "THIS MUST BE A SCAM!"

"Count, who am I cheating?" ask Daniela.

"You-you must want to blackmail me!" Appoint Count Ava who can no longer keep his wife.

Daniela smiled a little. "Ah, so is it. Then I'm sorry if you think so."

Duke Vilvred raised a hand. "Your Majesty, I don't agree with any legal rules on domestic or sexual violence or anything else when it comes to married couples."

Daniela sighed and sat down in her place, listening to what argument this father was going to talk about.

"Duke Vilvred, tell me why." The emperor's orders, his eyes began to open and not sleepy anymore.

"Married couples deserve to have relationships in bed and it has become an unwritten law that women must submit to men, so what if the woman does not want to do what the man wants? Rebelling for example? Can't we just give a little punishment?"

The other nobles who were on the emperor's side, agreed with duke Vilvred's opinion.

"Women should bow to men."

"Punishment is also appropriate for those who disobey."

Daniela raised her hand and asked. "I may ask, one example of what makes women branded rebels and deserving of punishment?"

Duke Vilvred replied firmly. "For example, just humiliate the husband by showing his body to the high priest. Lady, isn't that so inappropriate?"

Daniela took a deep breath, trying to swallow her emotions.

"After all, the lady is only fifteen years old and has not tasted marriage. How can we talk about marriage? Is the lady looking to play the hero here?"

Daniela laughed a little. "Hahahaha-god duke, it is true that I am fifteen years old but I never wrongly name the status of people unless I do not know him. Even the duke himself wrongly referred to me as a lady."

Duke Vilvred smiled scornfully. "Indeed, only that sentence could the boy use to protect the status in the name."

Daniela did not become unsteady with her father's actions, turning her head and looking straight at him. "Well, what about the child?"

"What?"

"In every household, the most forgotten thing about married couples is the feeling of children, for them - children can not decide anything. The truth is parents never ask how their kids feel." Answer Daniela. "All children do not want to see their parents separated, but if told to choose - they prefer to protect one of their parents who are victims. You understand what I'm saying, duke?"

Duke Vilvred looked at Daniela. He knew very well what Daniela meant. "Be careful if there's no evidence, the lady can be arrested."

Daniela laughs scornfully. "The Duke Vilvred is so stubborn huh?"

"It's precisely the lady, who is very stubborn. The married woman, her life and death are in the hands of her husband" said duke Vilvred.

"Lady, what duke Vilvred said is true. Without having a husband and wife relationship, how can children be created? Does the lady want to make the Helcia empire have no succeeding generations?"

"Don't there be fifteen-year-olds who are afraid of the process of making children?"

"Lady, if you're afraid I can help you."

Opinions began to change direction to Count Ava. Daniela started looking for another strategy calmly.

"Why does lady Daniela insist on helping Countess Ava and hiding her inside the temple?" ask high priest Rahul. "Great priest, high priest Rohan. You can explain it well, right? Don't let our temple be dragged away because of a political feud."

The great priest and priest Rohan who were playing chess casually, turned around at the same time and returned to concentration with chess.

"Listen to me!" shouted high priest Rahul. "How can you be this calm? Count Ava was on the emperor's side, what if the emperor suspected the temple?"

High priest Rohan yawns. "Then?"

"Then? High priest Rohan, you say then casually? Do you take the empire for granted?"

The high priest Rohan shook his hands leisurely without turning his head towards his comrade. "No need to worry, the emperor will not attack us just for helping to save the countess. The countess' life was worthless in the emperor's eyes."

"It is precisely because it is worthless, that we should return it to the countess' husband!" Reply high priest Rahul impatiently. "Why can't you guys listen to me at all and just relax?"

The great priest changed the position of his chess piece. "Do we look relaxed now? We're playing chess and sharpening brains."

High priest Rahul knelt on the floor. "Please, at least issue an order to remove the countess and her children from the temple. The great priest."

"No." Answer the high priest firmly.

"Why are you being so assertive in the present moment? Great priest, don't you want to get mad at Lady Daniela who's going to destroy the temple?"

"Are you stupid?" ask the high priest to high priest Rahul.

High priest Rahul looked foolishly at the high priest and then at the high priest Rohan. Why is he angry but he is also said to be stupid? Suppose this person was not a high priest, he would have been able to retaliate easily.

"Well, how are you. The problem was that the emperor's nobility began to use Helcia's religious politics. Consider it our help to the countess, a form of one of the temple memorials. After all, lady Daniela also promised not to make the temple a loss, all this time people only know we help mothers and children who get violence in their homes."

High priest Rahul tries to digest the words of high priest Rohan. "Wait a minute, I don't understand the political part of religion. Wh-wh-what for? Isn't Helcia's empire big? Why is there a religious policy? Huh huh? Since when?" ask her in panic.

"It's been a while and you just found out? We were silent because we did not want to interfere, but the longer the emperor was the more stupid he became. Unable to distinguish between right and wrong, making religion a political tool" the high priest lamented.

"Huh? One example of what?" ask high priest Rahul to high priest Rohan.

High priest Rohan smiled. "The easiest thing is that the word god will be angry if it does not respect the decision of the emperor Helcia. Who did he call a god?"

"Emperor?" high priest Rahul asked. "Is that one simple example? What's the hard example until the high priest gets angry?"

High priest Rohan cleared his throat. "Everyone must defend the god-endowed crown prince rather than the first prince. Though the temple knew that the god would surely bless all those who do good while the crown prince-"

The high priest Rohan did not continue his sentence and simply shrugged both shoulders casually.

"Woah, isn't that a crime? The crown prince had fun and wasted money for the sake of the lady's sister while the first prince could not be blessed for having to plunge into the battlefield which should be the crown prince's duty as the second prince and the queen's son."

Chess suddenly turned to stone, the high priest went away.

"Well, this is what makes the high priest angry."

"That means indirectly the high priest is on the side of the first prince? Shouldn't we be neutral?"

"Here, don't think about it. Remember, don't let it leak outside or the high priest will punish you harshly."

High priest Rahul nodded in horror.